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ELMER .1 -wams, or NAsHUA, AND JAMES M. FULLER, or CEDAR FALLs, vIoWA,AssIc-1\io-1as T() WAGNER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BLACKHAWK COUNTY, IOWA.

HAY-RACK.

Specification 4of Letters Patent.

Patented March 1o, 190s.

Application led March 7, 1907. Serial No. 361,117.

ll To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ELMER J. WELLS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashua, in the county of Chickasaw and State of Iowa, and JAMES M. FULLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cedar Falls, in the county of Blackhawk and State of Iowa, have inventednewand useful Improvements iriHay-Rackaof which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hay racks, and one of the principal .objects of the same is to provide convenient means for removing the rack from the bed without removing the nuts from the bolts, thus obviating the danger of losing the nuts. l

. Another object of the invention is to providesimple, convenient and-efficient means for holding the rack upon the bed in a firm, and reliable manner, and to permit the rack to be quickly removed from the bed without danger of losing the nuts from the bolts.

Still another object is to provide rub irons to protect the front cross pieces of therack and to provide novel means for securing said rub irons in place.

These and other objects may be attained by means ofthe construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure one of the longitudinal sills, and showing the manner'of securing the rack to said sill. Fig. 2 is a view taken at right angles to Fig. l, and showing one ofthe cross bars of the rack in section. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, and showing two bolts for holding the rack to the sill, and to the cross piece below the sill, instead of the rub plate, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing one of the hook bolts secured to a .bearing plate adapted to -be secured to the upper edge of one` of the cross lbars on the rack. Fig. 5 is a detail. ers ective View of an attaching plate to whlch t e hook bolt is adapted to be connected by a nut. Fig. v6 is a perspective view of the rack.

Referring to the drawing for a more particular description of ourI invention, the numeral 1. designates one of the longitudinal ,sills of the wa on bed, and 2 lis the front cross I piece upon which the sills 1 are supported. 3 is an angle or channel iron su porting plate an .open slot The supporting plate 3 is top of the sill 1, and is se- 5 at one end. placed upon the 1 is a transverse sectional view of l cured in means of a bolt 6, passing through one of i ing through the cross piece 2, and fitted with a nut 7. A rubplate Slis secured to the botl tom'of the cross piece 2 by-means ofthe bolt i 6 Which passes through the same, and to the ,l upper end of the rub plate 8 a bolt 9 is conl nected, said bolt 9 passing through a hole in E the rub late, and bein l against t e inner side of t e saine.

9 passes through one of the bolt holes v supportin plate 3. Other means for securi ing the ru plate 8 in l to. A hook bolt 11 is connected to the top l of the cross bar 12 of the rack by means of a bearin plate 13, said bearing plate being secured y screws or nails 14 to the cross bar 12, and provided with atubular bearin 15 for the horizontal ortion 16 of the hook olt 11. The terminal) end 17' of the hook bolt l engages one side of the cross bar 12, the oposit'el end of said hook bolt being threaded or the engagement of a nut 18.

As shown 1n Fig. 3 a bolt 19 is used instead of the bolt9 and the rub plate 8, said bolt extending through the cross' iece 2, the l hook bolt 11 being identical Wit l in l*1 igs. l and 2, and this construction being adapted for use 'at the rear end of the rack.

Referring to Fig. 6 it will be seen that four cross bars and cross pieces are employed in making up the rack; but it will be understood that any suitable number may be used. It will also be noted that the supporting plates 3 are disposed alternately upon opposite sides of the cross bars 12. f

place by hev bolt From the foregoing it will be obvious thatV su porting plates 3 when the nuts 18 may be ti lhtened to hold the rack firmly in place. T e fixtures disclosed herein may be used Without the rub plates,fif desired.

Our invention is of simple construction, can be readily applied to an vehicle, and the rack may be quickly detachY v without removing the nuts from the bolts and running the danger of-their being lost,

headed u Aat 10' 4 in the place may be resortedl that shown bolts 11 to be swung into the slot 5 of the the bolt holes 4, and extended from the bed and the rack can be readily attached to the l of a bed and provided with a slot in one end bed by swinging the bolts into theslots in the l thereof, and a hook bolt pivoted to the top 20 attaching plates, and turning the nut once or of the cross bar of a rack and adapted to be twice. l swung into said slot, and a nut upon said bolt Having thus described the invention, what for engaging the attaching 'plnte, substan- We claim is 1, tially as described.

1. In a hay rack, the combination with a 1 In testimony whereof We allix our signa- 25 bed, an attaching plate secured to said bed, 1 tures in the presence of two Witnesses. a rub late secured to said'bed, the attaching l ELMER J. WELLS.

late eing secured to said bed by means of a i JAMES M. FULLER. oltpassing through said plate andthrough l vvvitnesses to the signature of Elmer J.

`said bed, and a bolt-passing through said Wells:

attaching plate and'engaging said rub plate, I

J onsv M. MORLEY, and a hook bolt pivoted to the rack, and 2 CHARLES ST. GERMAIN.

adapted to be swung into a slot in said at- Witnesses to the signature of' James M. taching plate, substantially as described. l Fuller:

2. In a hay rack, the combination of an A. E. LUNN,

attaching plate secured to the top of the sill IV. R. IRWIN. 

